as in overhaul
the act, process, or result of improving something by removing flaws, problems, etc.
They're calling for a complete reformation of the healthcare system.
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Recent Examples of reformation
Serena is drawn back to Gilead's New Bethlehem with the promise of significant progression and reformation for the totalitarian state.
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump has only sold his vision for this radical reformation of America to those close to him, and of course the conservative planners who developed his agenda.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite his legal team's efforts to highlight his mental health struggles and reformation in prison, courts have consistently upheld his sentence.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Each era-ending crisis created a credible kind of drama: In real life, revolutions, reformations, migration, invasion, disasters, and so much else can reshape societies in fundamental ways.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump has only sold his vision for this radical reformation of America to those close to him, and of course the conservative planners who developed his agenda.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite his legal team's efforts to highlight his mental health struggles and reformation in prison, courts have consistently upheld his sentence.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Each era-ending crisis created a credible kind of drama: In real life, revolutions, reformations, migration, invasion, disasters, and so much else can reshape societies in fundamental ways.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reformation
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Republicans are also much more supportive of election reforms proposed by President Donald Trump.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
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But other causes of action persist, and the plaintiffs’ attorneys are still pushing to impose reforms that the Sheriff’s Office and Probation Department have yet to implement.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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“Reformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reformation. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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